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Draft-Equalizer.

No. 63,238. Patented Mar. 26, 1867.

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MERRITT GALLY, OF MARION, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 63,238, dated March 26, 1867. i

IMPROVEMENT IN' EVENER FOR VYHIFFLE-TREES, @250- TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MERRITT GALLY, of Marion, in Wayne county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Evener, for the equalization of draughts in the application of two-horse or other double F powerg and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

A represents the body of the evener, perforated for the passage of a bolt.

0 0 represent projecting levers, to which are pivoted the iron bars B B and B B.

I) D represent hooks pivoted to the extremities of the bars for the application of the draughts.

E E represent stops for limiting the movement of the bars B Band B B, thus causing the evener to fold upon itself, and giving alternate projection to the hooks D and D.

This evener differs intrinsically from the strap and pulley, and has many superior advantages over it.

It will be seen by the dotted lines a b c, that when one hook, D, is carried forward 'to its limit, the other hook, D, which is thrownhaok, has an advantage in leverage, while the projected hook I) has an advantage in draughts. The advantage of the hook D is more than enough, in the position represented in the drawing, to compensate for the advantage in projection of the hook D, and therefore allows an easy start; but this surplus advantage is overcome by a disadvantage at a point before the draughtof the books is equalized when equally projected. Thus is secured not only alternate projection of the books, but, what is more important, equalization of draught. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The body of theevener A, with stops E E, the projecting levers C C; and pivoted bars B B, B B, combined and constructed as herein set forth and for the purposes mentioned.

MERRITI GALLY.

witnesses:-

'I. K. YOUNG, NELSON P. YOUNG. 

